diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/app/views/contacts_view.js b/app/assets/javascripts/app/views/contacts_view.js
index d41c069cc..c9a2ffb11 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/app/views/contacts_view.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/app/views/contacts_view.js
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ app.views.Contacts = Backbone.View.extend({
 
   events: {
     "click #contacts_visibility_toggle" : "toggleContactVisibility",
+    "click #chat_privilege_toggle" : "toggleChatPrivilege",
     "click #change_aspect_name" : "showAspectNameForm",
     "click .contact_remove-from-aspect" : "removeContactFromAspect",
     "click .contact_add-to-aspect" : "addContactToAspect",
@@ -14,12 +15,29 @@ app.views.Contacts = Backbone.View.extend({
 
   initialize: function() {
     this.visibility_toggle = $("#contacts_visibility_toggle .entypo");
+    this.chat_toggle = $("#chat_privilege_toggle .entypo");
     $("#people_stream.contacts .header .entypo").tooltip({ 'placement': 'bottom'});
     $(".contact_remove-from-aspect").tooltip();
     $(".contact_add-to-aspect").tooltip();
     $(document).on('ajax:success', 'form.edit_aspect', this.updateAspectName);
   },
 
+  toggleChatPrivilege: function() {
+    if (this.chat_toggle.hasClass("enabled")) {
+      this.chat_toggle.tooltip("destroy")
+                      .removeClass("enabled")
+                      .removeAttr("data-original-title")
+                      .attr("title", Diaspora.I18n.t("contacts.aspect_chat_is_enabled"))
+                      .tooltip({'placement': 'bottom'});
+    } else {
+      this.chat_toggle.tooltip("destroy")
+                      .addClass("enabled")
+                      .removeAttr("data-original-title")
+                      .attr("title", Diaspora.I18n.t("contacts.aspect_chat_is_not_enabled"))
+                      .tooltip({'placement': 'bottom'});
+    }
+  },
+
   toggleContactVisibility: function() {
     if (this.visibility_toggle.hasClass("lock-open")) {
       this.visibility_toggle.removeClass("lock-open")
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/aspects.css.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/aspects.css.scss
index 1b9cf7da9..9ccbcfe8f 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/aspects.css.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/aspects.css.scss
@@ -39,11 +39,12 @@
 }
 
 #new_aspect {
-  #aspect_contacts_visible.checkbox {
+  .checkbox {
     margin: 0px;
   }
 
-  label[for="aspect_contacts_visible"] {
+  label[for="aspect_contacts_visible"],
+  label[for="aspect_chat_enabled"] {
     display: inline;
   }
 }
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/contacts.css.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/contacts.css.scss
index 56ad441d3..5bf2597a6 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/contacts.css.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/contacts.css.scss
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@
         text-decoration: none;
         margin-right: 25px;
       }
+      #chat_privilege_toggle > .enabled {
+        color: #000;
+      }
       .entypo.contacts-header-icon {
         font-size: 24.5px;
         line-height: 40px;
diff --git a/config/routes.rb b/config/routes.rb
index 08da714cb..a92f119c1 100644
--- a/config/routes.rb
+++ b/config/routes.rb
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ Diaspora::Application.routes.draw do
 
   resources :aspects do
     put :toggle_contact_visibility
+    put :toggle_chat_privilege
   end
 
   get 'bookmarklet' => 'status_messages#bookmarklet'